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Some of the leading names in global travel food & beverage are supporting this year’s event |
SWITZERLAND. A diverse, powerful line-up of speakers is in place for the fifth Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) Conference to be held in Geneva from 29 June to 1 July, while the FAB Awards have received a record level of over 270 nominations.
FAB is organised by The Moodie Davitt Report (with sister title The Foodie Report) and will be jointly hosted this year by Geneva Airport and Caviar House Airport Premium.
A Gala Dinner on 30 June will see the annual FAB Awards recognise and reward best practice in airport (and railway station) food & beverage.
Platinum Sponsors are travel retail and food & beverage services provider Areas, SSP, Autogrill and HMSHost. Autogrill and HMSHost are jointly sponsoring the Opening Cocktail event, which takes place in the newly revamped Altitude restaurant, now called Le Chef, at Geneva Airport. Areas is also sponsoring the day one morning coffee break.
Other sponsors include OTG, Travel Food Services (TFS) and TRG Concessions with more to be advised shortly.
The event is being held at the InterContinental Hotel Geneva. Click here for hotel and conference registration and full details on the event.
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Renowned Chef Benjamin Luzuy will offer his views on travel dining with partner Autogrill at this year’s FAB event |
FAB, which is dedicated to travel-related food & beverage, attracts senior representatives from the world’s leading airports, railway station operators and F&B concessionaires to network with industry peers, share insights and celebrate best practice in this burgeoning sector.
The FAB awards are being judged in London next week by Martin Moodie, Founder & Chairman, The Moodie Davitt Report & The Foodie Report; David King, Founder, The David King Partnership; Charlotte Christiansen, Associate Director, Davis Coffer Lyons (previously London Gatwick Business Development & Retail Performance Manager); and Anders Barsøe, Managing Director – Meyers and Løgismose’s directly owned shops and restaurants, Denmark (a former chef and previously Copenhagen Airports Category Manager – Food & Beverage and Convenience).
Martin Moodie said: “The depth and quality of this year’s nominations are simply astounding. With FAB the judges’ job has always been difficult but the class of 2016 represents a step change in the diversity, excellence, commitment and thought that underpins the entries. Collectively they represent a fascinating snapshot of travel related food & beverage in terms of trends, tastes, consumer communication, Corporate Social Responsibility and commercial success. It has been been an exhilarating feast of the senses to pore over the entries in the run-up to the final judging next week and to truly appreciate the momentum shift currently taking place in the sector.”
Speakers for FAB 2016 include (the full programme will be published in coming days):
– Robert Deillon; CEO Geneva Airport
– Benjamin Luzuy, renowned celebrity Chef
– Pedro Fontana, Executive President & CEO, Areas
– Peter Rebeiz, President, Caviar House & Prunier and Caviar House Airport Premium
– Ben Crowley, Director of Food & Beverage, Heathrow Airport
– Dan Cappell, Chief Commercial Officer, Abu Dhabi Airports
– Steve Johnson, CEO, HMSHost USA
– Nick Inkster , CEO, SSP WEMEAP (Nordic countries, Spain, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific)
– Filip Soete, Chief Commercial Officer Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Group
– Elena Stenholm, Vice President, Commercial Services, Finavia
– Andrew Gardiner, Executive – Customer, Melbourne Airport
– Suzanne Merrell, Senior Manager Business Development Food & Beverage, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
– Eric Johnson, Director, Commercial Management & Airline Affairs, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
– Justin Blatstein, Director of Aura, OTG
– Beat Grau, COO F&B Autogrill Switzerland
– Pierre Germain, Head of Finance, Commerce & Development, Geneva Airport
– Arrigo Berni, CEO, Moleskine
– Mark Bergsrud, CEO, GRAB
– Sunil Kapur, Chairman, Travel Food Services
– Walter Seib, CEO, HMSHost International
– James Ingram, Director, DKMA
– Charlotte Christiansen, Development Director, Davis Coffer Lyons
– Anders Barsøe, Managing Director, Meyers and Løgismose’s (directly owned shops and restaurants)
– David King, Founder, The David King Partnership
And others to be named soon.
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Click above to visit the FAB 2016 website, with full details of how to register and book a hotel room |
The closing day of FAB 2016 will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Montreux Jazz Festival, on Friday 1 July, to which FAB delegates will receive complimentary transport and passes to the opening night.
FAB 2016 awards categories
1. Airport Coffee Shop of the Year
2. Airport ‘Food To Go’ of the Year
3. Airport Bar of the Year
4. Airport Wine Bar of the Year
5. Airport Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year
6. Airport Chef-Led/Fine Dining of the Year
7. Airport Food Court of the Year
8. Fast Food/Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) of the Year
9. F&B Marketing & Promotions Campaign of the Year
10. Digital or Social Media Initiative of the Year
11. Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative of the Year
12. Individual Food & Beverage Offer of the Year in a Railway Station
13. Overall Food & Beverage Offer of the Year in a Railway Station
14. Food & Beverage-Related Innovation of the Year
15. Airport Food & Beverage Reflecting ‘Sense of Place’ of the Year
16. The FAB Consumer Choice Award
17. Airport Food & Beverage Offer of the Year
